Research Article

Comparison of Physicochemical Characteristics of Starch Isolated from Sweet and Grain Sorghum

Table 3

Thermal properties of starch from sweet and grain sorghum varieties.

Sample (°C) (°C) (°C) (J/g)

Grain
GL-172.50 ± 0.0076.15 ± 0.0581.55 ± 0.0512.43 ± 0.17
WAH70.60 ± 0.0074.15 ± 0.0580.10 ± 0.2013.40 ± 0.21
ARG71.00 ± 0.0074.4 ± 0.1080.30 ± 0.2013.14 ± 0.63
TAT71.20 ± 0.0074.65 ± 0.0579.95 ± 0.0512.68 ± 0.28

Sweet
GL-469.65 ± 0.0574.35 ± 0.0581.15 ± 0.0513.50 ± 0.74
GL-670.30 ± 0.0073.95 ± 0.0580.90 ± 0.1014.06 ± 0.25
GL-1369.15 ± 0.0572.20 ± 0.1077.70 ± 0.2012.63 ± 0.53
GL-1461.05 ± 0.0566.40 ± 0.0073.80 ± 0.308.85 ± 0.34
ZS66.35 ± 0.0570.85 ± 0.0576.60 ± 0.2010.48 ± 0.51
YT63.25 ± 0.0568.20 ± 0.2047.60 ± 0.107.85 ± 0.47
T-168.75 ± 0.0572.65 ± 0.0578.75 ± 0.0512.04 ± 0.21
ST67.75 ± 0.1571.20 ± 0.2076.90 ± 0.2011.46 ± 0.12

All data represent the mean of three determinations.
Means with the same superscript in each column are not significantly different ().